5 things you did not know on the Popeyes chicken sandwich

All you need to know about the RECORD menu item that has changed the entire fast food industry.


Whether you are aPokeyes Fan or not, no one can deny the fact that the brand isChicken sandwich shook the fast food industry in some of the most unexpected ways.

After the Popeyes chicken sandwich completely exhausted on its launch in 2019 (more details on this later), the brand and industry experts feared that the menu item loses enthusiastic call on its relaunching about a month later. However, he defied the chances andDominated sales Once again by cementing its status as a fast legend.

Now, how is Popeyes with sandwich chicken so famous? Read to discover the surprising story. (And, for more fun food facts, make sure youSubscribe to our newsletter.)

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The sandwich has just celebrated its anniversary of a year.

time square popeyes
Courtesy of Popeyes

Wednesday 19 August 2020, marked the anniversary of one year of Popeyes' popularChicken sandwich. The sandwich took the world by last year's storm from the minute he hit the menu, and hysteria did not die yet 365 days later.

And as 2020 was an extremely approximate year, Popeyes launches a countdown at 2021 by eliminating the ball of the ball-135 days before the calendar. Until August 31, you can go to Times Square in New York and see the advertey announces on the day until the new year begins. The star of the ad, of course, is the economical grace of 2020: the chicken sandwich.

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A tweet that Popeyes directed against Pick-thumb-A put the sandwich on the map.

chick-fil-a drink and fry box
Refuge

AsRestaurant Business Reports, Popeyes "raised the restaurant industry with only two words".

How did Popeyes turn the restaurant industry upside down? Through atweet Targeted in Rival Chick-Fil-a. Chick-thread-a tweeted: "bun + chicken + pickles = all the [heart] for the original", to which Popeyes responded in his own tweet, "... you're fine?" Small that the company saches it that it would push their brand new chicken sandwich in the limonist and the reel of a quantity of recording offoot traffic.

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This tweet was worth nearly $ 90 million.

popeyes exterior
Courtesy of Popeyes

The tweet, who won more than 300,000 loves, allowed Popeyes to win 8 billion impressions on social media, which is worth$ 87 million. It also led to long lines in the Popeyes locations everywhere. The chain has completely missed sandwich just two weeks after its beginnings, selling as many sandwiches as it (originally) planned to sellat the end of September.

4

It took Popeyes two years to land on the perfect recipe.

popeyes chicken sandwich
Ann Marie Langrehr / Eat this, not that!

Popeyes simply does not pulse a chicken sandwich on his menu just to have one. It took the mark two years to develop the perfect sandwich of $ 4 and, although its launch was quiet, the famous Tweet is assigned to the creation of the legendary menu item.

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The sandwich inspired other brands to introduce their own.

kfc chicken sandwich
KFC courtesy

The success of the Popeyes chicken sandwich actually prompted theChicken sandwich wars Among rival trademarks like Pick-Fil-A and KFC. This can,Kfc announced that it would be tested Its own version of the chicken sandwich, a crispy chicken fillet on a complete buttered brioche bun with Mayo and pickles. The twoChick-a andMcDonalds Deployed their own catches on the boneless chicken sandwich over the past year, to try to match the momentum of Popeyes.

For more, discover5 major changes you will see at Popeyes in the future.


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